to the program - Russell Legion Branch #372
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to the program - Russell Legion Branch #372
The Royal Canadian Legion Long, Twiname and Henderson Memorial Branch 372 A Special Thanks to all the people and groups, without whose assistance and participation, this ceremony would not have been possible. Merci aux toutes personnes et groupes, sans leur aide et leur participaction, cette cérémonie n’aurait pas été possible. Our Heritage They tell us the twilight is falling, Falling on heads turning grey, That soon there will be no Remembrance, Of warriors long gone away. They say we romanticize killing, That war is a curse and a blight. Dear Father in Heaven, They knew it! They knew it, but still went to fight! Perhaps it is twilight for Veterans. Program printing by Toshiba Canada Remembrance Day Service Cérémonie du Jour du Souvenir November - 11- Novembre, 2013 SERVICE Welcome/Bienvenue–M.C. Robin Chalmers ”O Canada” ---- Melissa Lapensee Gov’t of/de Canada- L. Regimbal for P. Lemieux MP Canadian Forces/les Forces Canadienne -Brigadier General K. Cotten Gov’t of/d’ Ontario- G. Bertrand for G. Crack MPP Municipalité de Russell Township- Hon. Mayor J. P. St.Pierre Scripture---Rev. Father Paul Nwaeze Last Post/ Dernier Poste—Randy Bird Pause (two Minutes of silence) The Lament/ Lamentation---Bethany Bisaillon Reveille—Randy Bird Act of Remembrance/ Acte du Souvenir Jim McCurdy & Mireille Schippers Placing of Wreaths/Dépôt des Couronnes The Menin Gate by Charles C. Hunter- TBA Through the War- Michaela Hardy (ESC) In Flanders Field – Sabrina Porteous (RHS) Au Champ d'Honneur— Andrew Laplante (RHS) Our Heritage -Gwendolynne Hamilton (STACHS) Benediction---Rev. Father Paul Nwaeze “God Save the Queen”--Melissa Lapensee Closing Remarks & Invitation—Robin Chalmers Public deposit of poppies at Cenotaph Everyone is invited for light refreshments served in the upstairs hall immediately following the ceremony. Vous êtes invité pour un léger goûter servi dans la salle immediatement après la cérémonie. Remembrance Day - Nov.11th, 2013 -, Jour du Souvenir Parade Marshall.....CWO Keith P. Jones MMM CD. RCE Honorary Parade Marshall...... Victor McAthy, Korean War Veteran Parade form up...............10:00 a.m. Parade departs...............10:15 a.m. Service............................10:50 a.m. Laying of Wreaths...........11:25 a.m. Legion Hospitality............11:40 a.m. Act of Remembrance They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them. L’Acte du souvenir Ils ne vieilliront pas comme nous, qui leur avons survécu. Ils ne connaîtront jamais l’outrage ni le poids des années. Quand viendra l’heure du crépuscule et celle de l’aurore, Nous nous souviendrons d'eux. Veterans and Members who have passed on since the 2012 Remembrance Day Robert Cutler, Jack Savage, Savage, Angus Wilson, Frank Thompson, Thompson, Beryl Kaine Mervin Cashman If any names were inadvertently omitted or misspelled, this was unintentional We Will Remember Them Russell and District Comrades who paid the Supreme Sacrifice 1914-1918 G.A. Cochrane, A. Eadie, L. True, J. Peters, L. Miller, H. Turner, G.W. Howes, D. McKnight, J. Stonier, R. Carkner, C.H. Blaney, C. Fetterly, W. Fetterly, R. Brownlee 1939-1945 S. Long, G. Henderson, E. Twiname, E. Graham Lest we forget Flanders Field Au Champ d'Honneur, In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That marks their place, and in the sky, The lark still bravely singing fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. Au champ d'honneur, les coquelicots Sont parsemés de lot en lot Auprès des croix; et dans l'espace Les alouettes devenues lasses Mêlent leurs chants au sifflement Des obusiers. We are the dead, short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, And now We lie in Flanders Fields. Take up Our quarrel with the foe, To You, from failing hands we throw, The Torch be Yours to hold it high, If Ye break faith with Us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow, In Flanders Fields. Nous sommes morts, Nous qui songions la veille encor' À nos parents, à nos amis,. C'est nous qui reposons ici, Au champ d'honneur. À vous jeunes désabusés, À vous de porter l'oriflamme Et de garder au fond de l'âme Le goût de vivre en liberté. Acceptez le défi, sinon. Les coquelicots se faneront Au champ d'honneur Through the War By : Michaela Hardy- grade 10, 2012 Ecole Secondaire de Casselman The flowers red and black They always manage to grow back They grow where the ground is trampled After the war just sampled. The soldiers lay motionless Their families full of stress The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is where they will go And with respect the Canadian flag is flying low. The rivers painted red Soldiers lying dead The opposing side rejoicing Singing, dancing and laughing. The city of Mons was captured by the Canadian Forces on the final days of WW1. Right up to the present a trumpeter sounds The Last Post every day at the Menin Gate. The Menin Gate By Charles C. Hunter (our local veteran from the Sicily, Italy and Europe campaigns, WWII) 1.Mons has been taken. Peace at last. People rejoice, no longer forlorn The killing of man is now in the past. The men, long gone, will now return 2.The soldier stood waiting, His face red streaked, covered in mud For his wounds to be tended, By doctors, gowns covered in blood 3.The silence was deafening, Cause nobody had cheered. It had lasted too long For these men to be heard 4. Now fifty years later He stood with his three sons, At the Gate where it ended With a trumpet’s Last Post, Not guns The countries will pray for those dead And their families can lie peacefully in their bed Knowing their sons and daughters Are missed by their mothers and fathers. 5.The be-medalled chests of these three men, 6.The price to the family had been high Showed where they had served. One son had come back For a life that was free, for all of them The father’s loss was his right eye, With duty and honour, well deserved A son, a leg in an enemy attack To when will this world come together, And form one big nation forever? Why are there wars so big and strong? With soldiers enduring the pain so long. 7.But the pride in them all, Showed never a regret They had answered the call At their county’s request Why does the sun rise? For Canada with our allies, Ready to fight for what is right, With all are will and might. On that glorious morning when one side will win Killing our closest family and kin But after the war has ended the dust will lay, Upon the ground tortured, and I will say, I pray for peace 8. They had returned to these places On this day in November With thoughts of many friends faces Always to remember 9. Now scattered, each had chosen his own way. Married, with children and a home of their own But always gathering on Remembrance Day, To pay homage to friends they had known.